India, Nov. 4 -- An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Bihar Police has been accused of assaulting and pushing a labourer off the roof of a three-storeyed teacher's training college in Samastipur on Monday evening, triggering violent protests and vandalism on the campus.

According to reports, the incident took place at the Primary Training Education College (PTEC) at Rampur Jalalpur under Dalsinghsarai police station limits where 27-year-old labourer Manish Kumar was allegedly beaten and thrown off the roof of the hostel building by the ASI. The incident took place under Ujiarpur assembly constituency where the ASI was part of the police party on election duty, sources said.

Eyewitnesses claimed that the ASI, reportedly under the influenc...